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Here's what you need to know before part of the Kickapoo Turnpike opens next week


The Oklahoman By Randy Ellis

October 6, 2020


A partial opening of the new Kickapoo Turnpike in eastern Oklahoma County is planned for Oct. 13, Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz announced Monday.

What's opening when

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority will be opening an 11-mile stretch of the new turnpike that stretches from the Turner Turnpike on the north to NE 23 Street/US Highway 62 on the south, officials said.

The remaining section of the new turnpike that will extend south from NE 23 Street to Interstate 40 is expected to open in February or March of next year, Gatz said.


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